Writing for the World Wide Web
Web Locker Setup
If you do not have your web locker (the place where you store your webpage files so people can view them on the internet) set up, you will need to log in to Vincent and do the following:

Via Web Browser

  1. Open up a web browser.
  2. Connect to: https://asw.iastate.edu/

  3. Click the "Manage User [username]" link.

  4. Click "View/Edit your personal webpage settings."

  5. If you don't have a default homepage or directory yet, click the "Create Default Web Page" link.

  6. Click the "Register Web Page" link.

  7. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Via Telnet

  1. Do not enter "Easy Vincent." You will need to be at the "vincent% " prompt to type in these commands.

  2. Make your webpage directory; at the "vincent% " prompt, type:
    mkdir ~/WWW <press return>

  3. Allow the WWW to access your directory; at the "vincent% " prompt, type:
    fs setacl ~ www l <press return>
    (the last character above is a lowercase "L")
    fs setacl ~/WWW www read <press return>

  4. Register your homepage; this will put your name and e-mail address in the ISU homepage directory. At the "vincent% " prompt, type:
    add www <press return>
    pubwww_reg -r <press return>

After you set up your web locker and register, the computation center can sometimes take a day to activate your web locker. You can still place files in your WWW folder, but you may not be able to view them on the internet through a browser. Check back the next day, and you should be able to view your website.


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